Trump 2016 MVP’s

2016 Tulsa State Fair GOP booth allowed visitors to take photos with a cutout of Donald J. Trump. Photo by David Arnett

2016 State Fair photos with a cutout of Donald J. Trump.

Analysis: It all started with this gorilla… No, I of course mean the election year. I mean really, who would have seriously believed President Donald Trump? Thus, 2016 has to have been the craziest year on record. There were so many scandals and x-factors, hints, allegations and things better left unsaid. By conventional wisdom, this was to be Clinton-reich 2.0. Hillary was merely waiting to be crowned. Establishment(s), Wall Street, the mainstream media were all in her corner, if not in her pocket.

Fortunately, for most of the rest of us, this election was anything but conventional and these are some of the reasons why it swung to “Make America Great”  and some of the key players aboard the Trump Train.

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Caretakers plead guilty in abuse, assault cases

TulsaJusticeTwo former caretakers pleaded guilty in two separate cases following charges brought by Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Whitney Symone Brown, 28, of Okmulgee, worked as a care aide at a facility which provides care to individuals who have developmental disabilities and mental illness. After employees heard a resident screaming, a staff member found Brown pushing the resident out of a shower room and onto the floor, causing the resident to hit her head. Brown continued to kick the resident as she lay on the floor.

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Veteran Christmas Party announced

veteranbunkerchristmasEvery year Tulsa area Veterans have a Christmas Party December 25 for all those who wish to spend their holiday with their Coffee Bunker family. Offering crafts, gifts, snacks, movies and two wonderful meals at noon and 1700; all Veterans are invited.

Coffee Bunker is a place for veterans, service members, and their family members to find connection, honor, support, resources, and renewal.

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Sen. Lankford: Federal Fumbles 2016

jameslankfordfederalf16bVideo Included: The second edition of Oklahoma Senator James Lankford’s annual report of “Federal Fumbles” released Monday highlights how the Federal Government wastes tax money and the resulting growing deficit. Both sides of that same coin are stunning.

• The federal deficit for Fiscal Year 2016 was $587 billion, and overall debt is now $19.5 Trillion, according to the Treasury Department.
• The total federal debt of $19,573,444,713,936.79 now equals about $165,575 per household in America.

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Senators face off on football championship

footballunionnorman1This coming Friday evening Norman North and Tulsa Union will battle for the state 6A-1 championship, the largest football class in Oklahoma.  The two state senators who represent those schools have made a friendly wager on which team will take the championship.  Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, will be cheering for Norman North, while Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, is betting Tulsa Union comes out on top.  The senator whose school is defeated will donate $100 to the winning school’s education foundation.

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